Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing a dendrite surrounded by several axons making synapses with it. At the synapses are many synaptic vesic

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Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing a dendrite surrounded by several axons making synapses with it. At the synapses are many synaptic vesicles. In the dendrite, microtubules, mitochondria and ribosomes can be seen.

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